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Morrissey has apologised for his latest album Swords describing it as a “disaster”.

Morrissey described his last album Swords as a ‘meek disaster’

In an end-of-year statement published on fan site True-to-you.net, the former Smiths frontman moaned that the album, which was a collection of B-sides, was overpriced.

“I am sorry that ‘Swords’ was such a meek disaster,” he wrote. “It was proposed and accepted as a budget-priced CD, yet emerged everywhere as the most expensive CD in the racks. It was poorly distributed and didn’t stand a chance, and ranks as the lowest chart position I’ve ever encountered.”

Released in October , Swords charted in the UK at Number 55.

Morrissey also wrote about his 2009 tour, which saw him collapse mid-set in Swindon and walk offstage in Liverpool after a fan threw a drink at him.

“Hope denied in Liverpool, and the physical limits were tipped in Swindon – these were life’s unfortunate lows,” he wrote of the gigs. “I spent the night at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon where the staff restored my faith in humanity. I had no idea such kindness existed.”

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The singer also confirmed that he is still without a record label at present, after his departure from Universal earlier this year.

“What does the future hold?” he wrote. “What does the next minute hold? It all rests as ever on determination – that which springs from somewhere deeper than the body. Record label interest is zero, but the sun will creep back into the room one way or another. It always does.”